Mosquito-bar holder.



N. L. MELANQON.

MOSQUITO BAR APPLIUATION FILED HOLDER.

MAY 12, 1908 Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

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NICHOLS L. MELANQON, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

MOSQUITO-BAR HOLDER.

Specification 01' Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Application filed May 12, 1908. Serial No. 432,497.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'Nronors L. MnLANooN, a citizen of theUnited States of America, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Mosquito- Bar Holders, of w 11Cl1 the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mosquito bar holders, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide simple and efficient means for winding up the mosquito bar when not in use and to store it in a small compass above the bedstead.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby dust and flying particles will not settle upon the mos uito netting owing to a cover provided for t e same.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bed stead of the so-called Victoria type and provided with the usual tester supported upon corner posts. Fig. 1 is a deta1l view il ustratin the operating cord and chain located at t e rear farther corner of Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a lan view of the frame for supporting and winding the mos uito bar. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on t e line 33 of Fig. 2, showing the cover or tester in place. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a similar view, showing the mosquito bar Wound upon the roller.

Referring to the drawings for a more specific description of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a bedstead provided with corner posts 2 and a cover or tester 3 supported upon said posts. Supported upon the corner posts under the cover 3 is a frame 4, and Ournaled near one end of said frame is a roller 5, said roller having connected thereto cords 6, said cords extending down the inside of the head of the bed and provided at their terminal ends with safety pms 7. The mosuito netting 8 consists of the two sides and t e top secured together at the corners to form a square box-like inclosure for the entire mattress and pillows, and connected to the lower corners of said netting is a ball member 9 of a ball and socket fastening, the socket member 10 of said fastening being secured to a strap 11 connected to the head portion of the netting. When the netting is to be wound up upon the roller 5 the ball member 9 is connected to the socket member verse rods 13.

10, and the safety pins 7 are connected to the straps 11. Rods 12 are connected to the frame 4 and extend inside of said frame from the head portion thereof toward the foot portion, said rods 12 being connected by trans- I Connected to the rods 12 and 13 by ring 14 is a cloth cover 15 to which the upper edges of the netting 8 are secured. Journaled in the frame near the head thereof and underneath the roller 5 is a pulley 16, and extending around said pulley is a cord or belt 17, said cord being connected at 18 to a piece of fabric 19 designed to be brought to a position underneath the netting after the latter has been wound upon its roller to prevent dust from accumulating in the nettmg. The fabric 19 passes under a roller 20 and is wound upon a suitable roller 21. This roller 21 at its ends is provided with means for winding the cord 17 so that as said cord is wound upon the roller 21 the fabric 19 is extended underneath the netting, as shown in Fig. 5. On the end of the roller 21 is a bevel gear wheel 22. A longitudinal shaft 23 is journaled in brackets on the frame 4, said shaft carrying at one end a bevel pinion 24 ada ted to mesh with the bevel gear 22, whi e at the opposite end of said shaft 23 is a similar bevel pinion 25 which meshes with a bevel gear wheel 26 on the shaft 5.

A lever 27 journaled in the frame 4 has connected to it a cord 28 and a sprin 29, said cord eXtendin toward the head 0 the bed and through t e top or cover 3. The cord 28 passes over a pulley 30 and from theme is connected at 31 to a lever 32 which moves the rod 23 so as to bring the pulley 24 into mesh with the bevel pinion 22 on the roller 21, A spiral spring 33 serves to return the rod 23 to its normal position with the pinion 25 meshing with the gear wheel 26. At the same time when the cord 28 is pulled upon the lever 27 engages the bevel gear 26 and prevents its rotation. On the outer end of the rod 23 is a ulley 34 and a chain 35 passing around sai pulley is actuated manually to rotate said rod and thus rotate either the roller 5 or the roller 21, as desired.

The operation of my invention may be readily understood from the foregoing, and when the netting is not desired for use 1t may be quickly wound upon the roller 5 by mani ulating the chain 35 and the cord 28, as W1 1 be understood. When the mosquito bar is required for use it can be quickly let down to the position shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a mosquito bar made in accordance with my invention can be quickly lowered in position for use, can be readily hoisted up out of the way and covered both at the top and bottom to revent dust from accumulating therein.

l faving thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, is

1. A mosquito bar holder comprising a frame, wire rods connected to saidframe, a piece of fabric connected to said wires by rings, a mosquito netting secured to said fabric, a roller, means for winding said mosquito netting on said roller, a cover, and means for unwinding said cover.

2. A mosquito bar holder comprising a frame, a roller mounted therein, cordsconneoted to said roller, a mosquito bar, means for connectingsaid cords to said mosquito bar, means for rotating said roller, a fabric cover wound u on a roller, and means for unwindin sai fabric and stretching it across underneath the mos uito bar.

3. A mos uito bar hol er comprising a frame, a rol er mounted therein, a frame comprising rods, rings connected to said rods, a piece of fabric connected to said rin s, a mosquito nettin connected to said fa ric, rings to which said fabric is connected, a fabric cover, pulleys, a roller, cords connected to said cover and passed around said pulleys and roller, and means for operating said roller.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo witnesses.

NICHOLS L. MELANQON.

Witnesses WM. 0. ERMON, FRANKECABI'LIE. 

